Welcome
The Six Countries Programme (6CP) is an international network of public policy-makers, business leaders, academics, and other experts working in the field of innovation and meeting periodically to discuss the latest developments in innovation research, policy and practice.
Recent workshops
16-17 October 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany
Non-Technical Innovation - Definition, Measurement and Policy Implications
The current understanding of innovation in mainly linked to technical product and process innovations. However, many studies show that not only the development and absorption of new technologies is important for the succes of economies, but also the implementation of new organisational structures or processes or the development and application of new service concepts. There is a need to increase common understanding and further harmonising the definitions and measurement concepts regarding non-technical innovations. The workshop aimed at contributing to achieve a better understanding of non-technical innovations by discussing adequate measurement concepts and analysing their relevance for firms' and economies' performance outcomes.